"1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns, or Sherlock Holmes Returns! In The Adventure of the Tiger's Revenge and sometimes shortened to just Sherlock Holmes Returns, is a 1993 American television movie about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, starring Anthony Higgins as Holmes. In its title and basic premise, it is very similar to a 1987 TV movie, ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"", but the plot details of the two films are quite different. Sherlock Holmes is awakened in modern times from suspended animation as a result of an earthquake. He is aided in his"
"Larry Millett Larry Millett (born 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American journalist and author. He is the former (retired 2002) architectural critic for the ""St. Paul Pioneer Press"", a daily newspaper in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the author of several books on the history of architecture in Minnesota. He has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes mysteries set in the United States and Minnesota in the 1890s. The books feature the character Shadwell Rafferty, who assists Holmes in his American investigations. Millett attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree"
"Jekyll, respectively. The former was adapted for radio by the BBC. Cay Van Ash wrote the novel ""Ten Years Beyond Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes matches wits with the diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu"" (1984), set in 1914, in which the apparently retired detective comes into conflict with Sax Rohmer’s villainous master criminal. Canadian writer Ron Weyman published three novels between 1989 and 1994 which imagined Sherlock Holmes as being sent to Canada at the behest of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and investigating crimes there. Holmes aficionado Stephen Fry wrote a short story featuring Holmes, ""The Adventure of the Laughing Jarvey"","
"adventures. There are references to numerous famous Holmes stories, such as ""The Greek Interpreter"" (in this episode, the ""Geek Interpreter""), ""The Speckled Band"" (in the episode, the ""Speckled Blonde""), ""The Naval Treaty"" (in the episode, ""The Navel Treatment""), ""The Illustrious Client"" and ""The Priory School"". One of Watson's blogs is titled ""Sherlock Holmes Baffled"", the same title as a 1900 silent film, the first depiction of Holmes on film. Watson reveals his middle name to be Hamish, a nod to Dorothy Sayers' theory. Moriarty's text message to Mycroft of ""Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me,"" is the same as his"
"from Hell"" and ""Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac"" from 1994 until his death in 2007. ""O Xangô de Baker Street"" (1995) tells the comic story of Sherlock Holmes's visit to Brazil, invited by the emperor Dom Pedro II, to solve the disappearance of a Stradivarius violin which becomes a hunt for a serial killer. Larry Millett has written six books and a short story featuring Holmes solving mysteries in Minnesota. Michael Mallory has written more than two dozen short stories and two novels featuring ""Amelia Watson,"" the second wife of Dr. Watson. These are not pastiches so much as"
"of the order in which the stories had appeared in the original Derleth volumes. In ""The Adventure of the Other Brother"", included in ""The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume II"" by David Marcum (2011, 2013) Holmes and Watson travel to Yorkshire in 1896 to defend Holmes's older brother, Sherrinford, from a charge of murder, as first briefly mentioned at the conclusion of William S. Baring-Gould's biography, ""Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street"" (1962). While there, they encounter Sherrinford's youngest son, 16-year-old Siger Holmes (named after his grandfather). Siger looks like a young Sherlock Holmes, and also shows a remarkable facility for"
"The Last Sherlock Holmes Story The Last Sherlock Holmes Story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Michael Dibdin. The novel is an account of Holmes' attempt to solve the Jack the Ripper murders. Holmes suspects the Ripper to be his nemesis, James Moriarty. There is a twist ending, revealing that Holmes himself had invented the character of Moriarty due to insanity, and was himself committing the crimes, a twist which some reviewers have found to be clever while others found disappointing. There is also an ambiguity to the revelation as, despairing, Holmes tries to explain to his companion Dr."
"from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known, with ""Guinness World Records"" listing him as the ""most portrayed movie character"" in history. Holmes's popularity and fame are"
"in the street, and later observes him running to catch the train at Blackheath Station as he is returning to 221B Baker Street. Holmes recognises the description; it is his rival in detection, Barker. It later turns out that Ray Ernest’s family has hired him to find the missing doctor. A number of other things about Amberley are obvious. He is a miser, and as such is quite a jealous man. He is an avid chess player (indeed, so is Ernest, which is how they became acquainted), suggesting to Holmes that he also has a scheming mind. Holmes suspects something,"
"the story strongly mirrors the opening chapters of the original Holmes novel, ""A Study in Scarlet"", from which it takes its name. Whilst almost none of the characters are explicitly identified in the text, it is strongly hinted by the twist ending that 'Rache' is Holmes, and the detective and his veteran friend are Professor James Moriarty and Colonel Sebastian Moran (who, in Doyle's original stories, are the criminal mastermind enemy of Sherlock Holmes and his right-hand man and accomplice respectively). The 'Limping Doctor', meanwhile, is identified explicitly as ""John (or perhaps James) Watson"". In particular: Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes"
"some occasions, she found herself matching wits with nemesis Molly Hardy (whose name is a word play on Sherlock Holmes' archenemy Professor Moriarty). The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Polish and Turkish. Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category ""Best Children's or Youth Program or Series"" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In"
"link between medical investigation and the detection of crime. Other inspirations have been considered. One is thought to be Francis ""Tanky"" Smith, a policeman and master of disguise who went on to become Leicester's first private detective. Another might be ""Maximilien Heller"", by French author Henry Cauvain. It is not known if Conan Doyle read ""Maximilien Heller"", but he was fluent in French, and in this 1871 novel (sixteen years before the first adventure of Sherlock Holmes), Henry Cauvain imagined a depressed, anti-social, polymath, cat-loving, and opium-smoking Paris-based detective. Details about Sherlock Holmes' life are scarce in Conan Doyle's stories."
"Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes (also known with the title card name of ""Pyramid of Fear"") is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school. Teenagers Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meet and become good friends as students at Brompton Academy, a school in London. Watson is introduced to Elizabeth Hardy, who is Holmes' love interest. He is also introduced to Rupert"
"agent. in 1934, Christopher Morley hosted a dinner in New York City in honor of Sherlock Holmes which led to the formation of The Baker Street Irregulars. Later that same year in London, England the Sherlock Holmes Society was formed. Since that time, organizations have formed all over the world devoted to Sherlock Holmes. Various cookbooks with a Victorian era Sherlockian theme have been published over the years. 1976 brought both ""Dining with Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Cookbook"" by Julia Rosenblatt and Frederic H. Sonnenschmidt as well as ""Sherlock Holmes Cookbook"" by Sean M. Wright and John Farrell. The"
"which preceded the Lens which gave the Lensmen their name. Darcy himself resembles Sherlock Holmes in a number of ways. However, unlike Watson, whose primary purpose was to allow Holmes to explain his deductions, Sean O'Lochlainn is more of a counterpart than a foil. The relationship between the two is very similar to that of the suave, analytical Napoleon Solo (Darcy) and technical expert Illya Kuryakin (O'Lochlainn). Sometime Garrett collaborator Michael Kurland (who would himself write later Lord Darcy works, with the permission of Garrett's estate) appears as Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Coeur-Terre in ""Too Many Magicians""; and in ""A Case of"
"character Richard Jeperson. Carnacki is also mentioned as having investigated several cases alongside Sherlock Holmes. Barbara Hambly's short story ""The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece"" (from ""Shadows Over Baker Street"") and A. F. Kidd's short story ""The Grantchester Grimoire"" (from ""Gaslight Grimoire"") both also feature Carnacki aiding Sherlock Holmes in an investigation of an occult matter. Spanish author Alberto López Aroca wrote the short story """"Un olvidado episodio caudetano"""" (""A Forgotten Caudetan Incident""), included in the book ""Los Espectros Conjurados"" (), featuring Carnacki in a Spanish village, Caudete; and by the same author, """"Algunos derivados del alquitrán"""" (""Some Coal-tar Derivatives""),"
"also makes a minor but significant appearance in Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's comic book series ""Planetary"". Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright presented a mystery-adventure ""Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes"" (1979) in which Sherlock's older brother prevents a conspiracy involving a return of the American ""colonies"" to Great Britain. Sherlock makes appearances with Victor Trevor (from The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Professor Moriarty and Moriarty's father. Carole Nelson Douglas has written a spin-off series centring upon Holmes' nemesis Irene Adler. The first book is titled ""Good Night, Mr. Holmes"" and takes place concurrently"
"episode sparked controversy for showing the character of Irene Adler in the nude; carefully using camera angles to avoid exposing private areas, pre-watershed. The series follows a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Throughout the first series, it is revealed that a man named Moriarty, a ""consulting criminal"", was to some extent responsible for orchestrating the crimes throughout the three episodes. In the series finale, ""The Great Game"", Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) come face to face with Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott), who has snipers targeting them. Moriarty intends to have the"
"A. J. Raffles (character) Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmeshe is a ""gentleman thief"", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the ""Amateur Cracksman"", and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the ""professors""professional criminals from the lower classes. As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry"
"and boredom"", this friend being an opium-addicted and increasingly weak Sherlock Holmes. Rupert Everett plays the Great Detective. 2002 also saw the made for television cable movie, ""Case of Evil"", about a 20-something Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) and a Doctor Watson who worked as an early practitioner of autopsies, on the trail of Holmes' archenemy, Professor Moriarty (Vincent D'Onofrio). An adaptation of ""The Speckled Band"" aired on the early TV anthology series ""Your Show Time"", and starred Alan Napier as Holmes and Melville Cooper as Watson. John Cleese played Holmes in a 1973 episode of ""Comedy Playhouse"": ""Elementary My Dear"
"Sherlock: Case of Evil Sherlock: Case of Evil is a 2002 made-for-television movie focusing on Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) as a young adult in his late 20s. The story noticeably departs from the classic depiction, style and backstory of the original material. As the movie opens, Sherlock is in pursuit of the criminal Professor Moriarty (Vincent D'Onofrio) and apparently shoots him to death. His body cannot be found, however, as it falls in a sewer. After this incident, Holmes gains notoriety with the press and the police for his apparent killing of Moriarty, and meets Dr. Watson (Roger Morlidge), an"
"""The Adventure of the Speckled Band"" and makes explicit reference to ""The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"". Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes fakes his own death in Scotland in order to investigate a number of bizarre apparent suicides that he is convinced are part of an elaborate plot by ""a female Moriarty"". Returning to his assistant Watson in secret, Holmes notes that all the victims were wealthy gamblers, so disguised as ""Rajni Singh"", a distinguished Indian officer, he stalks London's gaming clubs. It is not long before he encounters the villain of the piece, Adrea Spedding. Holmes discovers that she seeks"
"eleven years. Following the success of his Oakes books, Gardner created new characters: Derek Torry—a Scotland Yard inspector of Italian descent—and Herbie Kruger, the latter of which appeared in a series of novels published simultaneously with his Bond works. In the mid-1970s Gardner also wrote the first of three novels using the character of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series, the last of which was published posthumously. The third of this series, titled simply ""Moriarty"", was delayed due to a dispute with the publisher, but was finally released shortly after his death. Erik Lee Preminger bought the film rights"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes Museum The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a privately run museum in London, England, dedicated to the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It opened in 1990 and is situated in Baker Street, bearing the number 221B by permission of the City of Westminster, although it lies between numbers 237 and 241, near the north end of Baker Street in central London close to Regent's Park. The Georgian town house which the museum occupies as ""221B Baker Street"" was formerly used as a boarding house from 1860 to 1936, and covers the period of 1881 to 1904 when the stories"
"According to the theory, Holmes married Marjorie in 1883, and she died giving birth to Raffles later that year. Since Raffles and Holmes are contemporaries, it has been suggested that Marjorie was actually Raffles' sister. Eckert further proposed in his ""Crossover Chronology"" that (1) Raffles Holmes was the same character as the ""lovely, lost son"" of Sherlock Holmes referred to in Laurie R. King's Mary Russell novels, and (2) Raffles Holmes was the father of Creighton Holmes, who is featured in the collection of short stories ""The Adventures of Creighton Holmes"" by Ned Hubble. Mengel's online essay was revised for"
"at the same time as series two, and a part of the resolution to ""The Reichenbach Fall"" was filmed concurrently with series two. Without revealing whether Moriarty also faked his own death at the end of series two, Moffat suggested that Moriarty will not feature heavily in future series of ""Sherlock"". ""The Empty Hearse"", written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Jeremy Lovering, is the first episode of Series 3 and was first broadcast on 1 January 2014. Inspired by ""The Adventure of the Empty House"" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the episode follows Sherlock Holmes' return to London and"
"to Holmes. It was announced that Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly will star in a comedy titled ""Holmes & Watson"", with Ferrell as Holmes and Reilly as Watson. In January 2004, the BBC posted five new Sherlock Holmes short stories on their ""Cult"" website, along with RealAudio files of the stories, as read by Andrew Sachs and Hannah Gordon. The audio productions were done in association with BBC 7, but are no longer available. The texts of all five short stories are still posted, with accompanying illustrations and illustration galleries, as well as an edited transcript of an interview"
"Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as they use their brilliant minds to stop rival Professor James Moriarty from assassinating the Queen Victoria. In July 2008, it was reported that Sacha Baron Cohen would play Holmes and Will Ferrell would play Dr. Watson, in a comedic take on Sherlock Holmes produced by Judd Apatow with a script written by Etan Cohen for Columbia Pictures. On August 17, 2016, it was reported that Ferrell and John C. Reilly would star in the film ""Holmes and Watson"" written and directed by Etan Cohen, with Ferrell playing Holmes and Reilly playing Watson. On"
"out to have Holmes' mortal enemy Moriarty (Geoffrey Whitehead) behind each mystery. This series has since been re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7. Starting in 1998, U.S. radio producer Jim French was given permission from the Conan Doyle estate to produce new, original Sherlock Holmes stories for radio in North America. These are presented within the Imagination Theater program on radio stations and XM satellite radio. The new stories are also broadcast under the banner ""The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"". John Gilbert played Holmes until 2000, and subsequently by John Patrick Lowrie. Watson is played in all shows by Lawrence"
"was also much online and media speculation, which focused on Sherlock's death. Inspired by ""The Final Problem"" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the episode follows Moriarty's plot to discredit and kill Sherlock Holmes, also heavily using elements from the film ""The Woman in Green"". The title alludes to the Reichenbach Falls, the location where Holmes and Moriarty supposedly fall to their deaths in the original story. Some sequences in the episode that are set at the Tower of London were filmed at Cardiff Castle. Other locations used include Newport Cemetery, Tredegar House and Cardiff City Hall, as well as other"
"John H. Watson that Moriarty has fooled Watson and framed Holmes. The Last Sherlock Holmes Story The Last Sherlock Holmes Story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Michael Dibdin. The novel is an account of Holmes' attempt to solve the Jack the Ripper murders. Holmes suspects the Ripper to be his nemesis, James Moriarty. There is a twist ending, revealing that Holmes himself had invented the character of Moriarty due to insanity, and was himself committing the crimes, a twist which some reviewers have found to be clever while others found disappointing. There is also an ambiguity to the"